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The Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز ایران) or Green Wave of Iran (Persian: موج سبز ایران), [1] also referred to as the Persian Awakening or Persian Spring by the western media, [2] refers to a political movement that arose after the June 12, 2009 Iranian presidential election and lasted until early 2010, [3] in which protesters demanded the removal of Mahmoud ...
The protests continued until 2010, and were titled the Iranian Green Movement (Persian: جنبش سبز Jonbesh-e Sabz) by their proponents, reflecting Mousavi's campaign theme, and Persian Awakening, Persian Spring or Green Revolution. [37] [38] [39]
Anonymous, together with The Pirate Bay, established the Iranian Green Party Support site Anonymous Iran during the protests. The site, which has drawn over 22,000 supporters worldwide, provides several tools to circumvent the Iranian regime's Internet censorship ; the site thus provides covert resources and support to Iranians who are directly ...
The most significant protests in eight years are rocking Iran, with state media reporting on Tuesday that the death toll had reached at least 20. Iran protesters stage biggest demonstrations since ...
The revolution which swept Iran 40 years ago this month united influential bazaar traders, intellectuals and people of all classes against the U.S.-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's lavish ...
Following the 2009 Iranian presidential election, protests against alleged electoral fraud and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in Tehran and other major cities in Iran and around the world starting after the disputed presidential election on 2009 June 12 [1] and continued even after the inauguration of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as President of Iran ...
Ideology of the Iranian revolution; Interim Government of Iran; Iran and Red and Black Colonization; Iran Between Two Revolutions; 1963 demonstrations in Iran; Iranian Islamic Republic Day; Islam and Revolution; Islamic Government; Islamic Revolution Document Center; Island of Stability (speech)
Shi'a clergy (or Ulema) have historically had a significant influence in Iran.The clergy first showed themselves to be a powerful political force in opposition to Iran's monarch with the 1891 tobacco protest boycott that effectively destroyed an unpopular concession granted by the shah giving a British company a monopoly over buying and selling tobacco in Iran.